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A review by ADEPTUS of the new Roland TR8 drum machine, straight from
Haitian Town NORTH MIAMI where they know quite a bit about original TR808s...

I have used tr808 extensively and 909 a couple times and i can say for sure
that it is sounding as good as those machines, seq is surprisingly deep, a
little bit inconvenient for a guy like me to use because i am not so much a
live performer, and I like to plan all my patterns out in song mode with
parameter locks a la later generation electribes/mpc/rm1x/commandStation/
modern DAWS.. off the bat the "circuit emulation" does same or better job
than i can  do with my daw and 808/909 samples, no normal person would
distinguish the sound..

The sequencer is solid and suited for live use i think, and there is not
parameter locks which is bumming me out cuz thats important when u are making
well thought out or prepared productions, but if ur that style u could wing
it with careful takes.. the effects are OKAY, the Scatter is really great and
fun to use and saves some complicated workstation work, i would normally have
to do to get that sound. overall i say it is worth it if u are more of a
tactile kinda guy but if u didnt grow up/develop ur skillz on hardware then
just use samples and it is not worth the cost to move outside the box. If you
are still trying to spending more than a thousand dollars on buying something
that is "analogue" for analogue sake i can tell you probably cant make cool
tracks anyway. also there is possibility of 606 expansions coming soon? also
it stupid you cant load samples via usb cord. also it looks cool like a Borg
device and not burning man or star trek tng computer like ableton live daw

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